about Laodicea

Repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes

Each period is up again and removed the city was destroyed by earthquakes, Focas Emperor (AD 602-610) period were abandoned after the great earthquake that occurred Salbakos'un (Babadag), the northern slopes of the Denizli-Old City and moved to areas where Hisarköy'ün.

Anno Domini is the brightest time of Laodicea 1-3. yy'ler lived among. Second heyday of the Anno Domini 4-6. century BC. Early Byzantine Period (AD 5-7. Yy.) Phrygia, the title of metropolis, the city, the most important and sacred places of Christianity and the Church, has one of the seven in Anatolia.

The most important source of income for the city at the crossroads of the roads due to the trade. It also frequently mentioned at the beginning of the textile trade in the ancient sources of income. Excavation work in 6 years, the city's other important commercial revenue has revealed that the marble trade. Laodicia, right next to the Lycos Lycos Plain in the middle of the river feeding the lake, the Great Menderes River in the west district of Saraykoy mixed. Especially in the Great Menderes River meandering and sluggish flowing, very suitable for the transport of raft poured into the sea near Miletus.